When the only recourse for discrimination is to report problems to the people with control over your career, the system is broken. It's so much easier to shut one squeaky wheel down than do the hard work of cultural repair.

Google prefers Tech Won't Question It to Tech Won't Build It: it's retaliating against @AINowInstitute co-founder @mer__edith for criticising the current state of AI ethicswashing & standing up for workers.

I, too, was retaliated against. The company forced me out early when I announced my exit, despite the fact that there was no policy requiring it, and plenty of others had been allowed to stay until their last day.

.@mer__edith "was told that, in order to stay at [Google] she would have to 'abandon' her work on AI ethics and her role at AI Now Institute, a research center she cofounded at New York University." https://t.co/hoJFjJtYZl

This is ridiculous. @mer__edith does an amazing job of showing how ethics and human rights considerations are vital for the tech sector. Diminishing her voice instead of amplifying it speaks volumes about Google right now. https://t.co/5yUzpD2RLH

Google and ethics remain in dichotomy: “Whittaker said she was told that, in order to stay at the company, she would have to “abandon” her work on AI ethics and her role at AI Now Institute, a research center she cofounded at New York University.” https://t.co/rRKGKIiIVo

”Two employee activists at Google say they have been retaliated against for helping to organize a walkout among thousands of Google employees in November, and are planning a “town hall” Friday for others to discuss alleged instances of retaliation“ https://t.co/UcZjIQGaf4

Wish we could say this was surprising. Unfortunately, time and again, when workers try to influence the course their companies take, they are labeled as troublemakers and attacked by management. https://t.co/uW1uRZcYs3

Just came out of a meeting and saw this article, and what the actual fuck!! What they're doing to Meredith and Claire is some next level bullshit. For all that they've done, they don't deserve this. We ain't standing for this.https://t.co/D6DqXbxs2R

— a once blue haired enby from oakland | tired of it (@WellsLucasSanto) April 22, 2019

This self own is a _side_ story to Google retaliating against employees who helped organize a walk out (20,000 strong across the world) over sexual discrimination. Thanks to @nitashatiku for her high quality reporting threading between the many issues.https://t.co/DYfdsGNjUR

Head of Google Open Research and a senior marketing manager at YouTube go on record: Google extensively retaliated against them for organizing employees. Too many heads of industry are totally unaccountable and untrustworthy; unionize tech & games now. https://t.co/o91qMdntX0

Two women workers at Google organized a walkout to protest the company’s policy of forcing survivors of sexual harassment into arbitration. They won that fight. Now the company is retaliating against them. This is outrageous and must be condemned by all. https://t.co/m3FLBOHGnM

"Google walkout organizers say they're facing retaliation" https://t.co/DOF7nZFsFE@mer__edith writes: "I’m told that to remain at the company I will have to abandon my work on AI ethics and the AI Now Institute"

(1/2) Yesterday, two of our own showed the importance of speaking for workers' rights. If it comes to it, they will be able to tell their stories publicly since Google ended forced arbitration last month. https://t.co/J96XHgdkCF

I call it out when I see acts of retaliation for reporting harassment or bias. Demotions, missing invites to key meetings, etc. Things that are happening to some of the people who organized the Google walkout a few months ago: https://t.co/vdHNWUjXO6#BetterAllies#Allyship